Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #275

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Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:33:31 +0000

[...] 275. Kevin Huizenga [...]

By: Ryan Kirk

Ryan Kirk — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:59:55 +0000

I’m in love with Huizenga at the moment. I just read Curses a couple weeks ago on a recommendation and was blown away.

Coincidentally I just finished reading volume 1 of Fantagraphics’ Popeye reprints and it became very obvious to me that E.C. Segar was a big influence on Huizenga (as well as Herge).

There’s a sequence in Curses in which Huizenga shows a flock of Starlings flying in formations in the sky. Every bird is draw either as a V, a cross, of a straight line and its amazing how much implied movement Huizenga gets out of those 3 simple shapes.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:14:09 +0000

I see this has become â€œ365 Reasons to Love Comics That Youâ€™ve Never Heard ofâ€. Interesting, but a definite shift in material.

As opposed to Eye-Scream and Herbie, the Fat Fury.

Comics Not Rooted in Adolescent Power Fantasies Can Be Good, Too.

By: Ed Cunard

Ed Cunard — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:08:24 +0000

Heck, if I’d had known it had swung this way, I’d have been reading these more.

Nothing makes me happier than seeing Huizenga’s work on shelves at Barnes & Noble. I mean, even though I’ve never heard of him.

I like seeing funny names on book spines.

By: km

km — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:51:26 +0000

Based on the selection above, I’d agree. That’s just a lovely sequence altogether, right there.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:35:25 +0000

Yeah, the fill-ins have been very satisfying, so far. Another great choice, Brian.

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:27:46 +0000

I’m definitely a fan of shining the spotlight on those people and projects flying below the radar, so I’m digging these fill-ins, Brian.

By: Da Fug

Da Fug — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:22:57 +0000

And I find myself MORE interested in this take.

So there

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:48:11 +0000

I see this has become “365 Reasons to Love Comics That You’ve Never Heard of”. Interesting, but a definite shift in material.

Personally, and I know I sound like a super-hero fanboy, I find myself much less interested in this take.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:25:34 +0000

The Character countdown sorta precluded me having time for Judging Books By Their Covers during the last two weeks, and then picking up 365 Reasons as well didn’t help with time.

That being said, I was planning on getting at least DC’s covers done by tomorrow (a draft is currently up – it just needs to be finished).

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:50:47 +0000

Nice.

Nice work filling in for Bill too.

(Can I ask if there’ll be “Judging books by their covers” posts coming up? I love those things! And there hasn’t been one since August…)